German Darts Open 2017

German Darts Open 2017

Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Saarlandhalle , Saarbrücken
Tournament dates
Defending champion	-
Attendees	48
Opening game	April 21, 2017
Endgame	April 23, 2017
Prize money (total)	£ 135,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 25,000
winner	Scotland Peter Wright
statistics
2018 →

The German Darts Open 2017 is a ranking tournament in darts and was organized for the first time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from April 21 to 23, 2017 . It was the third event of the European Darts Tour , which will be carried out as part of the Pro Tour 2017 . The venue was the Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken .

The tournament was won by the Scot Peter Wright , who prevailed in the final with 6: 5 legs against the Dutchman Benito van de Pas .

format

The tournament was played in a knockout system . Game mode in all rounds was a best of 11 legs . Each leg was played in double-out mode.

Prize money

The tournament totaled £ 135,000 in prize money, an increase of £ 20,000 over the previous year. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 25,000
finalist	(1)	£ 10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 6,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 4,000
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 3,000
2nd round loser	(16)	£ 2,000
Loser of the preliminary round	(16)	£ 1,000

		£ 135,000

Attendees

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit
places 1–16

Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Scotland Peter Wright
Austria Scale length Suljović
Netherlands Benito van de Pas
Australia Simon Whitlock
England Dave Chisnall
England Alan Norris
England Ian White
Belgium Kim Huybrechts
Wales Gerwyn Price
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen
England Michael Smith
England Joe Cullen
England Stephen Bunting
Spain Cristo Reyes
England Steve West

UK Qualifier Winner

England James Richardson
England Mervyn King
Australia Paul Nicholson
England Nathan Aspinall
England Mark Walsh
England Brian Woods
England Robbie Green
England Darren Webster
England Josh Payne
England Peter Jacques
Scotland Robert Thornton
England Andy Hamilton
Scotland John Henderson
England Adam Hunt
England Rob Cross
Ireland Steve Lennon
Scotland Jamie Bain
South Africa Warrick Scheffer

Winner of the West & South Europe Qualifier

Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts
Austria Zoran Lerchbacher
Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf
Netherlands Christian Kist
Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh

Host Nation Qualifier Winner

Germany Bernd Roith
Germany Rene Berndt
Germany Martin Schindler
Germany Nico Blum

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

Finland Marko Kantele

East Europe Qualifier

Poland Krzysztof Ratajski

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Netherlands Michael van Gerwen	Quarter finals
02.	Scotland Peter Wright	victory
03.	Austria Scale length Suljović	Quarter finals
04th	Netherlands Benito van de Pas	final
05.	Australia Simon Whitlock	Round of 16
06th	England Dave Chisnall	Round of 16
07th	England Alan Norris	2nd round
08th.	England Ian White	Semifinals

No.	player	Round reached
09.	Belgium Kim Huybrechts	2nd round
10.	Wales Gerwyn Price	Quarter finals
11.	Netherlands Jelle Klaasen	Semifinals
12.	England Michael Smith	2nd round
13.	England Joe Cullen	Round of 16
14th	England Stephen Bunting	Round of 16
15th	Spain Cristo Reyes	Round of 16
16.	England Steve West	2nd round

Tournament course

Preliminary round

April 21, 2017

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2	No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Austria Zoran Lerchbacher 85.12	0: 6	Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 88.41	9	Scotland Jamie Bain 84.71	3: 6	Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 86.03
2	Germany Rene Berndt 87.66	3: 6	England Adam Hunt April 93	10	Germany Nico Blum 85.49	6 : 4	England Josh Payne 86.19
3	Finland Marko Kantele 82.06	3: 6	South Africa Warrick Scheffer 86.6	11	Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.09	6 : 0	England Andy Hamilton 86.69
4th	England Mervyn King 97.16	6 : 5	England Robbie Green 94.24	12	Scotland John Henderson 83.2	3: 6	England James Richardson 83.9
5	England Peter Jacques 88.06	3: 6	England Darren Webster 97.15	13	England Nathan Aspinall 94.27	6 : 3	Scotland Robert Thornton April 89
6th	Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf 80.83	1: 6	England Rob Cross 95.54	14th	Ireland Steve Lennon 82.93	4: 6	Netherlands Christian Kist 84.22
7th	Australia Paul Nicholson 92.68	6 : 1	Germany Martin Schindler 79.65	15th	England Mark Walsh 95.01	6 : 5	Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks 90.45
8th	Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 89.98	5: 6	Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 85.6	16	Germany Bernd Roith 79.16	6 : 5	England Brian Woods 71.98